Russian court orders closure of another human rights group
by Andrew Roth in Moscow from on (#5TF5P)
Memorial Human Rights Centre liquidated a day after its sister group, Memorial, in assault on civil liberties
A Russian court has ordered the closure of the Memorial Human Rights Centre (MHRC), a day after the supreme court revoked the legal status of its sister organisation, Memorial International.
Moscow city court authorised the dissolution of the group - one of Russia's most venerated human rights institutions - for the justification of extremism and terrorism" by religious groups including Jehovah's Witnesses officially considered extremist" in Russia.
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